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The Dubai Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art
5 of The Biggest World Buildings
Fluid Furniture by Lila Jang

The Dubai Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PST

MOMEMA is a project initiated by His highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who would like that the museum becomes a place which celebrates the region's artists and art and also Khor Dubai's importance as a cultural hub.

UN Studio is the firm which was selected to design this building. It is a strange building because it does not look like a museum. Its odd shape resembles more to a space ship which seems to impress every human being who is in front of it. It is a huge building with a modern design.

Here you can find an auditorium, an amphitheatre, a boutique hotel, workshop spaces, spaces for art exhibitions or visit art galleries.It is a pleasant place which combines the refinement of cultural and artistic activities with the regional, traditional influences. It is a place which can enrich your mind and soul too.

5 of The Biggest World Buildings

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:37 PM PST

While you travel around the world you have the chance to see many impressive specific things which usually are the emblem of these regions which you visit.Most of these impressive things were realized by man using his imagination and creativity.Here are some 5 hugest and highest buildings created by man and which amazed people all around the world.

1. UNC Charlotte's Center City Building

Charlotte's Center City Building is a high construction where cultural activities occupy a central place. It is a building which has 12 floors and 143.000 square feet. It is designed by the firm Kieran Timberlake and the main goal was to be used for Charlotte's MBA program, classes in health services and architecture.

People can also come here and enjoy a cup of coffee in a café, visiting the art gallery or reading a nice book in the lecture hall.{via here }

2. Burj Dubai-the World's Tallest Building

Bill Baker is the designer of one of the tallest buildings in the world called previously Burj Dubai. Then it was named Burj Khalifa in the honor of United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- Nahayan.It is a needle- shaped tower made of concrete, glass and steel and measures 828 meters. It includes more than 200 floors, but only 160 are inhabited, the rest of them are used for services. {via here}

3. Cultural Centre and Art Museum in Hong Kong

If you are attracted to Asian culture you will also appreciate this controversial odd building which houses the Cultural Centre and Art Museum in Hong Kong.It is a huge building with a dynamic shape. Its roof has the shape of waves. Although it is a building without windows it is a spacious and airy construction.{via here}

4. Flower Blossom Architecture

Another high building is this construction realized by the Greek firm Petra Architects. It is a beautiful, modern building with two towers arranged as if they create the image of a flower that is in blossom.Access in the building can be done from the ground floor and through the two symmetrical structures located on each side of the tower's base.

A special place is cafeteria which is located at 135 meters above ground and which offers you a gorgeous, panoramic view of Dubai and the surrounding Zaabeel Park.{via here}

5. Trump International Hotel and Tower

A construction which will be finished in 2011 is Trump International Hotel and Tower located in the middle of Palm Jumeirah.

It is a building which consists of two towers which are conjoined at the top. On one part of the tower is a hotel and on the other part there are spaces for residential purposes.It has 62 floors and has 886 feet. It is a place where you can also relax and enjoy all its recreational facilities: swimming pools, restaurants, fitness centers, spas, private beaches, tennis courts, gardens.{via here}

Architects have always tried to impress the others through their personal style or let their personal print on their creations.These high and huge buildings create you the feeling that you almost can touch the sky although you are just a simple mortal. It makes you think of how powerful man can be using his imagination and creativity although you live in an immense world.

Fluid Furniture by Lila Jang

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:58 PM PST

In the past if something was fashionable everybody wanted to have it and they all were very proud to have some possessions just ;ike someone else. However, people have changed a lot lately and now they believe it’s really cool to be different, at any cost. So the latest fashion is to have something unique, out of the ordinary with the risk of having something ugly. Well, Lila Jang is anything but usual and she is a great furniture design. She has a special vision when regarding furniture and she transposes her special vision in her work. And I think the most important feature of her works is fluidity – they seem to flow like a liquid and to have a life of their own.

So don’t be surprised if you see her “Canape” – sofa for the corner actually climbing the wall, with half of its feet on the floor and the other half on the wall or the chair that seems to be melting down and flowing in the tiles on the floor. Or maybe you will be impressed by the two chairs with different seats but sharing the same back rest. All the legs and shapes of these chairs and sofas – these pieces of furniture seem to lose their clear contour and melt down, become fluids, but also become the perfect spot for lovers – seats for two that melt into one, etc. All the shapes are very unexpected and far from the object we had in mind, but all in a positive way. I love the work.